Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is more of a director’s cut than a rehash

Why rerelease a game that’s still pretty new?

Some series fans were immediately on the defensive with the announcement of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, a remake of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game released last March. Members of Bandai Namco’s official forums were quick to scrutinize the November announcement, working among themselves to try to find out why they would want to pay another $50 or more to buy what looked to be a DLC bundle repackaging of a still relatively new game.